It causes skin to melt away from the bone and can break down a victim's jawbone, but white phosphorus - known in Vietnam as Willie Pete - is still used by sections of the world's military.

According to Maria Zakharova, "explosives containing white phosphorus, used by Ukrainian Nazis, are weapons of indiscriminate lethality and their use is prohibited under Protocol III of the Geneva ...

According to WHO, white phosphorus is a chemical substance that "ignites instantly upon contact with oxygen" and is "very difficult to extinguish. It sticks to surfaces like skin and clothing ".

"There have been reports of the use of white phosphorus or other similar incendiary weapons. The WHO does not verify the type or provenance of weapons used", WHO Spokesperson Christian Lindmeier ...

TOKYO -- Japanese air conditioner giant Daikin Industries will stop manufacturing white phosphorus rounds for the Japan Self-Defense Forces, amid pressure from investors over humanitarian concerns ...

During World War 2, white phosphorus bombs sparked firestorms that destroyed entire neighbhourhoods. In one such firestorm, 37,000 people died in Hamburg, in 1943. Rather ironically, phosphorus is ...

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s Ministry of Environment has stated that no causal link has been studied between wildfires near ...

Sources indicate that if the proposal were to be approved in the future, the ammunition could be sent to Ukraine without the need for public disclosure. It is said the White House has rejected the ...